Guest Bob Mahelp Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 No disrespect to my Arab friends, but I can't work out how United have 12 points and are sitting 6th in the table. I haven't really been paying attention to their results or performances, but they looked bottom 3 on Saturday. Given that we have the home catch up game against Hamilton tomorrow, that was really 2 points thrown away on Saturday. These extra points plus (hopefully) a win tomorrow would have put us just 1 point behind Celtic and 5 behind Rangers with a game in hand. Wasteful. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Shedboy Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 5 minutes ago, Bob Mahelp said: No disrespect to my Arab friends, but I can't work out how United have 12 points and are sitting 6th in the table. I haven't really been paying attention to their results or performances, but they looked bottom 3 on Saturday. Given that we have the home catch up game against Hamilton tomorrow, that was really 2 points thrown away on Saturday. These extra points plus (hopefully) a win tomorrow would have put us just 1 point behind Celtic and 5 behind Rangers with a game in hand. Wasteful. It's almost as if the previous 10 games were against varied opposition, with different selections and playing conditions. Tricky one... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Mahelp Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 1 minute ago, Big Shedboy said: It's almost as if the previous 10 games were against varied opposition, with different selections and playing conditions. Tricky one... Oh, I never knew that. Thanks for the in-depth tactical analysis and clearing things up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pull My Strings Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 I think it's because the rest of the league is pretty shit too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarapoa Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 On 17/10/2020 at 21:57, Bob Mahelp said: Even though he's improved this season, he's still a fucking pussy. I still feel that there's a mental and physical weakness to his game that means he'll never go further than the point he's at just now. In theory being good enough to remain in our side should be a bigger concern for him, rather than some move down south or likes. He is a tidy player, and I enjoy some of his link up play - but after a bonnie goal v Livi, that's some fairly poor efforts when clean through, noticeably against Kilmarnock, Viking and again on Saturday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Mahelp Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 2 hours ago, tarapoa said: In theory being good enough to remain in our side should be a bigger concern for him, rather than some move down south or likes. He is a tidy player, and I enjoy some of his link up play - but after a bonnie goal v Livi, that's some fairly poor efforts when clean through, noticeably against Kilmarnock, Viking and again on Saturday. We have 2 notably physically and mentally strong players in our team in Ferguson and McCrorie. Both younger than Wright but both light years ahead of him in application, ability, strength and career development. Tidy isn't good enough for Aberdeen, and neither are a few good flashes then disappearing for 20 minutes. Wright needs to be a net contributor to the side, and despite an obvious improvement, he still often looks like a passenger. I fear he's destined to be a poor man's Peter Pawlett. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 14 minutes ago, Bob Mahelp said: We have 2 notably physically and mentally strong players in our team in Ferguson and McCrorie. Both younger than Wright but both light years ahead of him in application, ability, strength and career development. Tidy isn't good enough for Aberdeen, and neither are a few good flashes then disappearing for 20 minutes. Wright needs to be a net contributor to the side, and despite an obvious improvement, he still often looks like a passenger. I fear he's destined to be a poor man's Peter Pawlett. Perhaps Matty Kennedy could do a better job in that role. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDon Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 8 minutes ago, Bob Mahelp said: We have 2 notably physically and mentally strong players in our team in Ferguson and McCrorie. Both younger than Wright but both light years ahead of him in application, ability, strength and career development. Tidy isn't good enough for Aberdeen, and neither are a few good flashes then disappearing for 20 minutes. Wright needs to be a net contributor to the side, and despite an obvious improvement, he still often looks like a passenger. I fear he's destined to be a poor man's Peter Pawlett. There's a lot I disagree with in this post, but how are you quantifying 'mental strength' here? Why have you concluded that Ferguson and McCrorie are more mentally strong than our other physically strong players, like Considine, Hoban and several others? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szamo's_Ammo Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 Shankland's comment to Benji on Instagram: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdyteejay Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 (edited) 9 hours ago, Bob Mahelp said: No disrespect to my Arab friends, but I can't work out how United have 12 points and are sitting 6th in the table. I haven't really been paying attention to their results or performances, but they looked bottom 3 on Saturday. Given that we have the home catch up game against Hamilton tomorrow, that was really 2 points thrown away on Saturday. These extra points plus (hopefully) a win tomorrow would have put us just 1 point behind Celtic and 5 behind Rangers with a game in hand. Wasteful. There’s your answer. Edited October 19, 2020 by kdyteejay 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Mahelp Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 (edited) 53 minutes ago, kdyteejay said: There’s your answer. No, it isn't. It's the reason for my (quite reasonable) question. Is it an Arab thing that nobody seems to be able to give a straight answer to a straight question ? Actually, that's not true. Somebody said that other teams in the league were just a bit shite...that's probably as accurate as any answer. Edited October 19, 2020 by Bob Mahelp 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainkev Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 (edited) 44 minutes ago, Bob Mahelp said: Is it an Arab thing that nobody seems to be able to give a straight answer to a straight question ? It depends. Which Arab are you asking? Edited October 19, 2020 by captainkev 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mvondo_the_great Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Bob Mahelp said: Is it an Arab thing that nobody seems to be able to give a straight answer to a straight question ? You asked the wrong question. Try again 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Shedboy Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Bob Mahelp said: No, it isn't. It's the reason for my (quite reasonable) question. Is it an Arab thing that nobody seems to be able to give a straight answer to a straight question ? Actually, that's not true. Somebody said that other teams in the league were just a bit shite...that's probably as accurate as any answer. You didn't even ask a question 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarto Mutiny Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 1 hour ago, Bob Mahelp said: Is it an Arab thing that nobody seems to be able to give a straight answer to a straight question ? It's much too early to say. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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